25/09/2012 - CLIPPING - Biogas

GEO Energetica Invests $17 Million to Expand Brazil Biogas Plant Bloomberg Geo Energetica SA, a Brazilian developer of biogas power plants, will invest 35 million reais ($17.3 million) to quadruple the capacity of a project at a sugar-cane mill in the southern state of Parana. The plant will have 16 megawatts of capacity and ... See all stories on this topic »

ENVITEC BIOGAS AG : successfully places EUR 30 million note loan 4-traders Lohne, September 25, 2012 - EnviTec Biogas [ISIN: DE000A0MVLS8] has successfully placed a EUR 30 million note loan with German institutional investors to finance its growth. The company, which specialises in the construction and operation of biogas ... See all stories on this topic »

KTG Energie buys rival to become top biogas group Agrimoney.com KTG Energie buys rival to become top biogas group. KTG Energie leaped to top position among German biogas groups with the takeover of peer Deutsche Biogas in what could herald a wave of deals in the sector in the face of elevated corn prices. The group ... See all stories on this topic »

Khreschatyk newspaper: Obolon plans to build biogas facility in Kyiv Kyiv Post Sept. 25, 2012, 12:41 p.m. | Kyiv — by Interfax-Ukraine. Kyiv-based public joint-stock company Obolon, one of the largest beer and beverage producers in Ukraine, plans to build a biogas facility to generate power from industrial and household sewage. See all stories on this topic » Kyiv Post

Bangalore explores household biogas plants to combat garbage problem Biofuels Digest In India, Bangalore's city government is searching for an efficient way to handle garbage by converting it to biogas. Several companies presented options to the city government, including Synod Bioscience Pvt Ltd, who demonstrated a decentralized model ... See all stories on this topic »

Council may be forced to sell $1.7m plant Power Engineering Magazine "Big Yell", a high-performance 2000kW Caterpillar gas engine bought five years ago, was meant to generate cheap electricity and heat from blended biogas at the Pukete sewage treatment plant. But Hamilton City Council is investigating selling or leasing ... See all stories on this topic »

Avangard will export biogas to the EU region Balkans.com Business News According to statement made by the owner of Avangard, Oleg Bahmatyuk, company will export biogas to the EU region. The agreement was signed with Polish national oil and gas company PGNIG-energy in Kiev at Economic forum “Ukraine-Poland”. For this ... See all stories on this topic »

Delhi area residents back at Norfolk council tonight to oppose plans for ... CD98.9 There may be some so-called ”fighting words” at Norfolk council tonight over plans for the former Bick's Pickle plant northeast of Delhi. Trade 360 wants council's endorsement for plans to convert the plant into a biogas co-generation facility. But ... See all stories on this topic »

Revolutionary Flowmeter found at WWEM International Environmental Technology At stand 59, Endress+Hauser (UK) will exhibit their new revolutionary B 200 ultrasonic, time-of-flight biogas flowmeter that is designed specifically for the measurement of biogas and land-fill gas. Also on display will be a selection from their range ... See all stories on this topic »

Lusaka charcoal usage worry Mukanga Times of Zambia He was hopeful that the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock would expedite the process so as to start the laying of the foundation for a visible biogas programme in Zambia before the end of this year. UNZA vice chancellor Stephen Simukanga in a ... See all stories on this topic » Times of Zambia

USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: GICON Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production Magazine Goods and Services: Market analysis services, namely, market analysis provided in connection with technical project counseling for plants for generation of solar-, wind-, biomass- and waste-based energy, biogas plants and algae plants Administration of ... See all stories on this topic »

Environmental Protection Agency Names Renewable Energy Leaders North American Windpower The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has honored 24 organizations for being leaders in producing and using green power, which the EPA defines as electricity generated from renewable resources such as wind, solar, geothermal, biogas and ... See all stories on this topic »

Report: Biofuel not necessarily better World Radio Switzerland Federal researchers with Swiss science labs Empa, PSI, and Agroscope took a look at the effects of producing biogas, building on a study from 2007 which showed the benefits were only seen with certain fuels. The latest study showed much of the same ... See all stories on this topic »

Biofuels rarely better than petrol swissinfo.ch Biogas produced from garbage was seen as a positive example, placing less than half the burden that petrol places on the environment. Biofuels with an ethanol base tend to perform more ecologically than those with an oil base, the study found. The ... See all stories on this topic » swissinfo.ch

The perfect cover crop for maize All about feed The plant is high-yielding and can be used both as biomass for biogas production and as animal fodder. Maize does give a problem with subsequent leaching of nitrogen from bare harvested fields in the autumn, therefore scientists at Aarhus University ... See all stories on this topic » All about feed

HDS International Announces Cooperation Agreement with National Research ... Sacramento Bee Priority areas of mutual interest include biosequestration and reutilization of carbon dioxide, and production and processing of biomass and biogas. The parties will also seek to define projects to commercialize innovative technologies. A team ... See all stories on this topic »